Automobile-Headlight (open access)

Automobile-Headlight

Patent for an automobile headlight to be attached to the front of the vehicle, that automatically turns to the side whenever the vehicle changes its course so that the pathway directly ahead is lighted for increased safety in the automobile's course.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Old, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Crushing Cotton-Bolls (open access)

Machine for Crushing Cotton-Bolls

Patent for a tool to improve cotton processing machines.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Reynolds, Richard J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device (open access)

Lubricating Device

Patent for lubricating device which is a dispenser for liquids or semi liquids to come out of.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Aycock, Nathaniel. M
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Recording Instrument (open access)

Speed-Recording Instrument

Patent for a speed reader that can measure the speed of a vehicle with the functions of both indicator and clock to record any unauthorized usage during the day
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Austin, Albert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic-Cushion Support for Automobile-Bodies. (open access)

Pneumatic-Cushion Support for Automobile-Bodies.

Patent for "an improved pneumatic cushion support between the body of the automobile or other vehicle and the running gear [...] to not only produce a device for neutralizing or overcoming the recoil or rebound, but to provide a pneumatic or compressed air support for the body" " (lines 14-21), including illustrations.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Sullivan, Joseph M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Vinegar. (open access)

Manufacture of Vinegar.

Patent for the specifications for manufacturing a certain vinegar using melons.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Page, James Benton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scissors Hanger (open access)

Scissors Hanger

Patent for scissors hangers for sales people in stores that provides a pair of hooks that is "depending from a shank and connected by an arched guard strip" (lines 15-16) that forms a scissors holding element. The scissors hanger will also have a plate metal body that allows the hanger to be attached to the clothing of the wearer.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Walker, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shade-Roller (open access)

Shade-Roller

Patent for an improved curtain device that allows for curtains to be stored and rolled out without being damaged.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Lane, David Addison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Securer (open access)

Door-Securer

Patent for a portable device that can produce a secure room by securing the door.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Simmons, Jesse W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Sweep (open access)

Cotton Sweep

Patent for cart attachment for cultivating cotton. Made to "scrap and cultivate the earth in close proximity to plants and roll the earth over upon the roots of plants." (17-22)
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Young, Jacob Clemmons
System: The Portal to Texas History